February 2020

UTTAR PRADESH   International conference on EMMDA at NCMRWF, Noida   An international conference on “Ensemble Methods in Modelling and Data Assimilation (EMMDA)” began on 24 February 2020 at NCMRWF, Noida, India. The conference will be held from 24-26 February. It was inaugurated by Dr.Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Science and Technology, Earth Sciences.   The … Read more 28.02.20 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   GSI denies discovery of 3000-tonne gold deposits in UP’s Sonbhadra   Geological Survey of India has said there has been no discovery of gold deposits estimated to be around 3,000 tonnes in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district.   The GSI clarified that it has not estimated such a vast resource of gold deposit … Read more 27.02.20 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH Uttar Pradesh tops country in sugar production Uttar Pradesh tops country in sugar production, beats Maharashtra With sugar production at 54.96 lakh tons this crushing season (as of January 31), Uttar Pradesh has topped the charts in the country Maharashtra had topped production last year with 70.99 lakh tons as on January 31 … Read more 12.02.20 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH UP govt brings Ground Water Act-2020 to improve ground water levels Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday chaired a state cabinet meeting where the Ground Water Act-2020 meant to improve the falling groundwater level was approved. Under the act, registration will be mandatory to install submersible pumps. The domestic users and … Read more 13.02.20 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

Sri Lanka’s Army Chief, Shavendra Silva blacklisted by US The United States has blacklisted Sri Lanka’s Army Chief, Shavendra Silva, for human rights violations including extrajudicial killings during the last phase of the country’s civil war in 2009 Lt. Gen. Silva is credited with leading an Army division against Tamil Tiger rebels in the final … Read more 14.02.20 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Uttar Pradesh”s Chandauli district tops NITI’s ranking in December Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh has topped the list of aspirational districts ranked by the government think tank NITI Aayog in December.   Belangir (Odisha) and YSR (Andhra Pradesh) have been placed at the second and third positions.   The delta rankings took … Read more 26.02.20 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

India urged Turkey to not interfere in its internal affairs Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Islamabad compared the situation in Kashmir with the Gallipoli campaign of the World War II and extended support to Pakistan. He termed India’s recent actions in Kashmir as “unilateral”. India urged Turkey to not interfere in its internal affairs … Read more 15.02.20 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH ‘Kashi Ek Roop Anek’ exhibition in Varanasi Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated ‘Kashi Ek Roop Anek’, a cultural arts and handicrafts exhibition, at the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Hastkala Sankul ‘Kashi Ek Roop Anek’ showcased products from over 10,000 artisans from all over Uttar Pradesh. Artistes and weavers at the two-day event will be … Read more 16-17.02.20 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   PM to lay stone of Bundelkhand e-way on Feb 29   After the success of the 11th DefExpo 2020, the Uttar Pradesh government is set to organise two more big events this month — the laying of foundation stones of Bundelkhand Expressway by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and induction of HAL-made Dornier … Read more 25.02.20 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs

UTTAR PRADESH   Yogi govt to launch internship scheme for school, college students   With the aim to develop technical temper among the educated youth, the Uttar Pradesh government plans to introduce an internship scheme in which the trainees will be linked to technical institutes to get vocational exposure as well as a siphoned of … Read more 23-24.02.20 Uttar Pradesh (UPPSC) Daily Current Affairs